Posts Tagged ‘Raja Mehdi Ali Khan’
Chalo chalo chalen
Posted on: July 2, 2009
Many movies have been made in Bollywood on the story of Alibaba and forty thieves. The first such movie, that I am aware of, was made in 1954. It was a C grade movie and it had Mahipal and Shakila in lead roles.
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Hamse nain milaana BA paas karke
Posted on: June 25, 2009
What does one expect when Raja Mehdi Ali Khan is the lyricist , Madan Mohan is the music director and Mukesh is the singer ? One sad song par excellence ?
Not necessarily.
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Do naina tumhaare pyaare pyaare
Posted on: June 17, 2009
I was not aware of this movie called “Shrimatiji” (1952). This movie stars Nasir Khan and Shyama. And it is interesting to discover that Nasir Khan was the brother of Dilip Kumar !
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This movie “Madhosh” (1951) was one of the earliest movies of Madan Mohan as a music director and also Meena Kumari as an actress. This movie had Manhar Desai, Meena Kumari and Usha Kiran in lead roles.
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There have been many Lata-Madan Mohan classics. Most of these were recorded in 1960s.
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Hai nazar ka ishaara
Posted on: May 7, 2009
Here is a superb “party song” from “Anita” (1966). I wonder if this should be called a cabaret song as well. It seems that the dance was supposed to be cabaret but the costumes of the dancers is very much that of classical dancers.
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Tum bin jeewan kaise beetaa
Posted on: April 30, 2009
It is a song from “Anita” (1967) which had Manoj Kumar and Sadhana in lead roles.
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I have posted many Lata-Madan Mohan creations in this blog. Most of these songs are easily timeless classics. And they are all precious gems, which can be listened to many times, without getting bored.
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Madan Mohan, who made his debut as a music director in 1950, began to deliver classy songs right from his debut movie viz “Ankhen”. His subsequent movie, viz “Madhosh” saw Madan Mohan create a remarkable song in the voice of Talat Mahmood.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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